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Secret Service shortage forces Trump to ditch outdoor Wisconsin rally: report

A lack of Secret Service personnel forced former President Donald Trump’s campaign to move an outdoor rally in Wisconsin to a smaller indoor arena in the battleground state this weekend.

The rally was to take place outside an airport on Saturday. Its relocation came as the Secret Service faced shortages while providing security for foreign dignitaries in the U.S. for the United Nations General Assembly’s annual meeting, CBS News reported. It will instead be held at an arena in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, according to the Trump campaign.

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Trump surrogate promises 'knockout' when J.D. Vance debates 'not prepared' Tim Walz

Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), a surrogate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, predicted that vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance would have a "knockout" against Democratic nominee Tim Walz at Tuesday night's debate.

During an interview on Real America's Voice Thursday, host Charlie Kirk spoke with Donalds about the upcoming vice presidential debate.

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Trump's 'terrible strategic thinking' lets GOP easily blow off his demands: analysis

Republicans in Congress have been quietly ignoring former President Donald Trump's "ridiculous" demands based on "terrible" strategic thinking, a new political analysis contends.

MSNBC columnist Steve Benen argued Thursday that the U.S. avoided a government shutdown — for which Trump repeatedly and strongly lobbied — because Republicans were once again unimpressed with the strange reasoning behind the demand.

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'How can anyone do this to supporters?' Expert gives $100K gold Trump watch brutal review

A menswear fashion expert has no time for former President Donald Trump's new line of watches.

Derek Guy, a menswear expert who has contributed to the Washington Post and Esquire, publicly shamed Trump for shilling a $100,000 watches he described as an obvious scam.

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Elon Musk's X suspends journalist who shared leaked J.D. Vance dossier

The X (formerly Twitter) account of journalist Ken Klippenstein was suspended Thursday after he shared details of a dossier about Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) that Iran allegedly hacked.

"Here's the dossier the media refused to publish," Klippenstein wrote in a post on X soon before his account was suspended.

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'Right-wing purity test': Analyst ties Republicans' brash cruelty toward animals to Trump

A growing number of Republicans are doing cruel things to children's dogs then bragging about it in a new trend with ties to the former president, a new political analysis contends.

Kevin Roberts, Heritage Foundation president, joined the elite crew this week when his former New Mexico State University colleagues said he'd boasted of killing his 16-year-old neighbor's dog Loca with a shovel — a story the Project 2025 architect now denies.

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'Your case is not Eric Adams' case': Right wing host frustrated as Giuliani goes off-topic

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani seemed to frustrate Newsmax host Bianca de la Garza after he used the indictment of Mayor Eric Adams to complain about his own case.

After charges against Adams were announced Thursday, the Newsmax host spoke to Giuliani for analysis.

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'The fix is in': Defiant Matt Gaetz lashes out at House Ethics Committee's investigation

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) issued a defiant statement on Thursday as the House Ethics Committee seemingly prepares to release a report into reported misconduct involving an underage girl.

In a letter to the House Ethics Committee, Gaetz said he would no longer cooperate willingly with their investigation and declared that "the fix is in."

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Mark Cuban amps up attacks on Trump: ‘The family business is now the Republican Party’

Former Trump supporter Mark Cuban, the billionaire NBA team owner, highly-recognized entrepreneur, investor, and "Shark Tank" star, is blasting the ex-president while actively and excitedly explaining why he supports Vice President Kamala Harris for President.

"I got to the point where I realized [Trump] had no interest in learning. He had no interest in details. He had no interest in really finding out what it takes to be successful with any policy. And it was kind of crazy,” Cuban told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace on Wednesday, as NJ.com reports.

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N.Y. Appeals Court 'showing  hostility' to Trump's $478 million fraud conviction: expert

Reporting between updates on Hurricane Helene bearing down on Florida and Georgia, MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin told host Andrea Mitchell that a hearing in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York is not going well for prosecutors who won a guilty verdict against Donald Trump for committing massive fraud.

The court is in session on Thursday with a five judge panel hearing arguments from prosecutors from New York Attorney General Letitia James' office and Trump's lawyers arguing whether the $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump – now at $478 million with interest – should be overturned.

According to Rubin, four of the five judges seemed to be siding with the former president that the state exceeded its authority to bring the case.

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As she told the MSNBC host, "I'm not watching the argument now as we are sitting here on set but the argument continues."

"What struck me is that the bench is a 'hot bench,' the five judges on the appellate division, who are hearing this appeal, asking a number of questions of the government's lawyer, showing hostility to the underlying theory of the attorney general's case, which is, is New York Executive Law § 63(12), meant to be so elastic as to encompass a dispute about lenders who were not unhappy with the nature of the transactions?"

She continued, saying the judges are "Asking them, are you stretching this statute beyond what it's designed to do, which is to punish consumer fraud? If the banks weren't unhappy and they weren't victimized, is there a case?"

"Really surprised to see four of the five judges coming out strongly and swinging on that point," she admitted.

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Mike Lindell insists he wasn't paying tribute to Nazis with new pillow sale

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell claims he was unaware of the neo-Nazi symbolism of the number $14.88 before advertising that as the price for one of his company's items.

The Donald Trump ally listed the “Classic Collection” on his company's website as a "limited time" discount from its regular $49.98 price, but social media users noted that 1488 is an allusion to Nazi dictator Adolph Hitler, reported the Forward.

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'Remarkable lack of sense': J.D. Vance skewered by Ohio Dem who played him in debate prep

Sen. J.D. Vance is unoriginal, unfunny and not quite as clever as he thinks he is, according to the Ohio Democrat who once portrayed him in a round of pre-election debate prep.

Danny O'Conner spoke to Politico Thursday about preparing former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) to debate in 2022 the challenger Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) will face for a national debate on Oct.1.

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'The grift never ends': Critics pounce as Trump hawks gold watches to his fans

Former President Donald Trump has found a new way to separate his supporters from their hard-earned money, according to critics.

Writing on his Truth Social platform, the former president announced he was now selling Trump-branded gold wristwatches.

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